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Gas line. advice that can save homes and lives when the temperature drops. miguel almaguer, nbc news. after weeks of battling massive wildfires in california, finally some relief. firefighters are now gaining the upper hand on that massive thomas fire, as its known. now 60% contained. all major evacuation orders are lifted, but the fires have taken a toll on residents and certainly the fire crew. heres a powerful image. there it is showing firefighters grabbing a quick nap after a grueling 24-...

Dead or something. its ridiculous. >> its kind of a mess. >> we cried about three times. >> reporter: and for panes on delta, extra delays after their electronic boarding pass system went down. >> weve been in this line for an hour. >> reporter: tonight officials scrambling to get operations back to normal ahead of the holiday rush. tonight authorities have not ruled out outside interference. they believe that there may have been an intr tert hagot to one of the wires leading to the switch and i...

Every cop, fireman and teacher has their money saved in the real livestock market inside their pension plan. you may not care about those, but they care about them. >> lets give them a tax cut rather than to the big corporations and try to juice the stock market to flow down to them. you own shares of stock, youre looking at a couple things, we take the standard deduction from $12,000 up to $24,000. you can tell people who make 24, $25,000 -- >> you eliminate the single exemption. its not a doub...

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Day for you. you were on the train to portland for a business meeting. and you said the train began to lean, that was your first seen something was wrong? >> yes. i was in the back as the train was moving and we started to lean to my left, i thought, you know, nothing of it until it kept leaning and then i realized, once the windows started shattering and people started flying, that this was a crash. people were flying in the air, there are no seat belts. as that was happening, i just crawled in...

It will blow down towards this area. >> reporter: firefighters are now taking advantage of calm winds to build containment lines. over the last two weeks, the thomas fire has scorched more than 400 square miles and still threatens 18,000 structures. on thursday it claimed the life of 32-year old firefighter cory iverson. he was overrun by smoke and flames. today first responders lined streets and bridges as iversons body was brought back to his hometown of san diego. a grim reminder of the sacri...

Shed take coming home from her boyfriends house. then he saw it in a construction zone. on a highway 93 overpass. what did you find? >> something i dont want to see again. you can say a firemans worst nightmare. >> someone tried to hold him back. he kept on. >> i saw her over at the side. >> his perfect daughter. his justine, obscenely broken. but amazingly, still alive. how did she look? >> i didnt really see a lot of her on the gurney there. but i got to see her, you know, at the hospital. >> ...

A lost world comes to life, tales from the crypt. good evening, for thousands of californians forced to leave their homes as wildfires raged around los angeles and san diego. did their homes survive, or were they destroyed by the inferno. six fires continue to burn, thousands of firefighters are facing the toughest conditions tonight. red flag warnings are in effect until late sunday. santa ana winds make it impossible to fight the destruction. they may be fighting these fires until after chri...

>> glor: and this is our western edition. good evening. the fires are still spreading. president trump declared a state of emergency clearing the way for additional federal aid. six major fires burned more than 140,000 acres an area larger than chicago. more than 500 structures have been destroyed. carter evans is in san diego where another fire started today. >> when the winds kicked up, the flakes >> reporter: when the winds kicked up, the flames roared. and many homes in this north san diego ...

Its smoldering like this everywhere, and theres lots of dry brush still to burn out here. jeff, that could be a problem if the winds pick up again this weekend. >> glor: carter evans, thank you. wildfires burning 80 miles west of los angeles and far from contained. david begnaud is there. >> the winds are picking up in ventura county, nothing like 24 hours ago, but they have the embers flying into the air. the fire is moving down the hillside where we are toward several homes. youve got firefigh...